Definitions
Discernment
Grasping the Will of God through an attentive and daily listening to the spirits which communicate to us these invitations, suggestions and petitions of God.
Consolation
An experience of being so on fire with God’s love that we feel impelled to praise, love, and serve God and help others as best as we can.
Spirits
The dense complex of motives - images, ideas, attractions, revulsions - that cause us to act. St. Ignatius noted that all spirits take on one of two dimensions, either good or bad.
Desolation
An experience of the soul in heavy darkness or turmoil, which can move us toward lack of faith and leave us without hope and without love
